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cholelithotomy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cholelitho-to-my
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Removal of a gallstone

Etymology

From chole- + lithotomy.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

cholelithotomies (plural)

Questions

What does cholelithotomy mean?
Removal of a gallstone
Where does cholelithotomy come from?
From chole- + lithotomy.

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